Writing a review article is a wonderful way to develop and exercise your scientist skill set. If you dread the thought of writing a review, or if you’re currently stuck trying to write one, hopefully this post will help you get things moving - remember you're becoming an expert ...
Science rap mastermind, Tom McFadden, recently worked with high school students in the bay area to create a plasmid rap video for us (If you’re new to plasmids, we highly recommend checking out the video). Tom has made many more Science rap videos to teach students around the ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger, Dalila Cunha de Oliveira. Bricking Science is an idea built, literally, 'brick-by-brick' to introduce people all around the world to the lives of researchers and PhD students. Everybody in science knows that there are many ways your ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Sean Stacey who recently attended both online and on site courses with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Scientific Writing and Publishing Institute. Writing is the cornerstone of any scientist’s career. We use writing to ...
This post was contributed by Ryan Watkins, Professor at George Washington University and developer of wesharescience.org. Sharing your research with the world can be challenging. After months, or years, of grueling effort to design, fund, and conduct a research project, the vast ...
Addgene Executive director, Joanne Kamens, recently participated in a Reddit AMA (short for “Ask Me Anything”) on r/Science. You can see some of Joanne’s comments on the AMA process below, but we also wanted to share some thoughts on why we decided to do an AMA in the first ...
The post was contributed by guest blogger Londa Schiebinger, PhD, Hinds Professor of History of Science, Stanford University. Sex and gender are critical components of biological research that are often forgotten or ignored. If we wish to conduct research that fails less and ...
The following post was contributed by Derek Jacoby from Makerspace Victoria, CA Over the decades science has become increasingly restricted to academic and industrial labs, but recently there has been a counter movement by the public to access basic equipment and to become ...
